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Index
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
How To Use This Manual
Basic User's Guide
Planning Your Installation
Quick Start for Beginners
Supported Operating Systems
Supported UPSes and Cables
Choosing a Configuration Type
USB Configuration
Linux USB Configuration
BSD USB Configuration
Windows USB Configuration
Solaris USB Configuration
Mac OS X (Darwin) USB Configuration
Building and Installing apcupsd
Installation from Binary Packages
Installation from Source
Verifying a Source Installation
Configure Options
Recommended Options for most Systems
Compilers and Options
Operating System Specifics
After Installation
Checking Your Configuration File
Arranging for Reboot on Power-Up
Making sure apcupsd Is Running
Configuration Examples
A Simple USB Configuration
A Simple Configuration for a SmartUPS
A Simple Configuration for a Simple Signaling or Dumb
NIS Server/Client Configuration Using the Net Driver
PowerChute Network Shutdown Driver (PCNET)
Testing Apcupsd
Process-Status Test
Logging Test
apcaccess Test
Communications Test
Simulated Power Fail Test
System Shutdown Test
Full Power Down Test
Shutdown Sequence
apctest
Troubleshooting Your Installation
Known Problems with USB UPSes
Monitoring and Tuning your UPS
apcaccess
Apcupsd Notification and Events
hid-ups and USB Specific Information
apcupsd Network Monitoring (CGI) Programs
Security Issues:
Firewall Settings
TCP Wrappers
Configuring Your EEPROM
Maintaining Your UPS
What Various People Have to Say about Batteries
Where Carl Suggests You Get Batteries
Frequently-Asked Questions
Apcupsd Bugs
Advanced topics
Customizing Event Handling
apccontrol Command Line Options
Controlling Multiple UPSes on one Machine
Configuration
Support for SNMP UPSes
Planning and Setup for SNMP Wiring
Planning and Setup for SNMP Configuration
Connecting APCUPSD to a SNMP UPS
Building with SNMP support
SNMP Trap Catching
Known Problems
Running The Network Information Server
apcupsd System Logging
Logging Types
Implementation Details
Developers Notes
The Windows Version of apcupsd
Installation
Configuration
Starting Apcupsd
Apctray
Testing
Upgrading
Post Installation
Problem Areas
Email Notification of Events
Killpower under Windows
Power Down During Shutdown
Command Line Options Specific to the Windows Version
Installation: Serial-Line UPSes
Overview of Serial-Interface UPSes
Connecting a Serial-Line UPS to a USB Port
Connecting a APC USB UPS to either a PC USB or Serial Port
Cables
Smart-Custom Cable for SmartUPSes
Simple-Custom Voltage-Signalling Cable for ``dumb'' UPSes
Custom-RJ45 Smart Signalling Cable for BackUPS CS Models
Other APC Cables that apcupsd Supports
Voltage Signalling Features Supported by Apcupsd for Various Cables
Voltage Signalling
The Back-UPS Office 500 signals
Analyses of APC Cables
Win32 Implementation Restrictions for Simple UPSes
Internal Apcupsd Actions for Simple Cables
RS232 Wiring and Signal Conventions
Pin Assignment for the Serial Port (RS-232C), 25-pin and 9-pin, Female End
Ioctl to RS232 Correspondence
Testing Serial-Line UPSes
Establishing Serial Port Connection
Using apctest on Serial-Line UPSses
Troubleshooting Serial Line communications
Determining Which Voltage-Signaling Cable You Have
Once you have established serial communications
Recalibrating the UPS Runtime
Status Logging On Serial-Line UPSes
DATA Logging
Technical Reference
Configuration Directive Reference
General Configuration Directives
Configuration Directives Used by the Network Information Server
Configuration Directives used during Power Failures
Configuration Directives used to Control System Logging
Configuration Directives for Sharing a UPS
Configuration Directives Used to Set the UPS EPROM
apcupsd Status Logging
Status report format
Status Report Example
Status Report Fields
Logging the STATUS Information
The Shutown Sequence and its Discontents
Shutdown Sequence
Shutdown Problems
Master/Slave Shutdown
Startup
Windows Considerations
APC smart protocol
Description
RS-232 differences
Diagram for cable hackers
The Smart Protocol
Dip switch info
Status bits
Alert messages
Register 1
Register 2
Register 3
Interpretation of the Old Firmware Revision
Interpretation of the New Firmware Revision
EEPROM Values
Programming the UPS EEPROM
Acknowledgements
Apcupsd -- RPM Packaging FAQ
Answers
Credits
Contributors
Disclaimer: NO WARRANTY
Linux-Kernel-Info
Linux Kernel Config
Interpreting /proc/bus/usb (linux-2.4)
Interpreting /proc/bus/usb (linux-2.6)
Index
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2009-03-11